mezzaluna

[ met-suh-loo-nuh ]

noun
  1. a crescent-shaped, single- or double-bladed chopping knife, with a handle on each end or a connecting handle.

Origin of mezzaluna

1
First recorded in 1950–55; from Italian: literally, “half-moon, crescent”; see origin at mid1, lunula

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